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A former Premier League footballer has been appointed president of Georgia amid heightening tensions over the country’s relationship with Russia. Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, was a striker for Manchester City between 1996 and 1997, and later played for several clubs in the Swiss Super League. He was elected to parliament in 2016, and in 2022 co-founded the People’s…

The 71-year-old billionaire died while hiking with relatives near Barcelona, Spain, police said. He founded Mango in 1984 and had an estimated worth of $4.5bn (£3.6bn). The billionaire founder of fashion chain Mango Isak Andic has died in a mountain accident today, according to police. The 71-year-old businessman reportedly slipped and fell from a 150-metre cliff while…

Elisabeth Ovesen, formerly known as Karrine Steffans, published a tell-all book in 2005, Confessions Of A Video Vixen, about her experiences of the hip-hop industry. Now, she is speaking out in the wake of the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. “What Sean Combs is being accused of is not rare. He’s not an anomaly.” For a year…

Footage posted online shows a First Bus wedged under the bridge on Cook Street on Saturday night. Eight people are injured in Glasgow after a double decker bus hit a railway bridge. One person is in a critical condition, according to the police, and five people were taken by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.…

That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It’s unclear if it’s drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, the saga of the drones reported over New Jersey has…

Life in Hawaii was a beach for Luigi Mangione, before the privileged 26-year-old computer engineer flipped a switch, went off the grid, and allegedly gunned UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown. Exclusive photos, obtained by The Post, show the murder suspect having fun in the sun, dining with tanned pals…

Apple is facing criticism after its artificial intelligence service generated a BBC News alert that falsely claimed suspected assassin Luigi Mangione had shot himself. Mangione has been charged with murder in New York after police say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week. This week, BBC subscribers were sent a message to their phones that…

A frustrated Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for federal assistance after the latest drone sighting temporarily shut down an airport Friday night, the latest in a series of mysterious occurrences taking place across the country. Officials at Stewart International Airport, located roughly 60 miles north of New York City, said they shut down their runways for an…

A group of Akasa Air pilots has raised concerns about ‘training and safety issues’ at the airline, prompting them to seek the intervention of the civil aviation ministry. The airline, however, has dismissed the claims as baseless, as per PTI report. In a letter dated December 11 addressed to Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, the pilots…

As the newly-named host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, Saudi Arabia says it will construct or renovate 15 stadiums, create a futuristic city and expand airports in a massive buildout to accommodate millions of athletes, coaches and spectators. That will emit tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases as concrete and steel are manufactured and transported,…

As Argentina’s maverick libertarian President Javier Milei marks one year in office, his efforts to revive the economy are still a work in progress – but his policies are proving influential in the US. Milei came to power with a mission to cut state spending in a country that had been living beyond its means for years.…

A former Manchester City footballer is set be appointed president on Saturday by Georgia’s disputed parliament, after 16 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country’s towns and cities. Mikheil Kavelashvili, now 53, is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream party and the only candidate for the job. The four main opposition…

Many US states change their clocks twice a year but there are strong views about the policy and whether it should continue. Donald Trump wants to scrap daylight saving time across the US, which the president-elect claims will save money. Posting on his social media site, Truth Social, he said he would try to end the practice…

Adoring crowds are flocking to a zoo in Shanghai to watch Junjun, a bear cub just 11 months old, as he frolics in his enclosure playing with toys, such as a favourite tyre, or splashing in a water trough. Standing 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weighing more than 35 kg (77 lbs), the brown bear’s every…

A defiant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a second impeachment vote on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the country, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term. Yoon rescinded his Dec. 3 move to impose military rule barely six hours later, after the…

Do separate beds make for happier couples? A look at the research behind this growing trend and other sleep aids This feature is part of a National Post series by health reporter Sharon Kirkey on what is keeping us up at night. In the series, Kirkey talks to sleep scientists and brain researchers to explore our obsession…

In his first public response to the consumer outcry following the fatal shooting of one of his top executives, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday that the US health system “is not perfect” and that coverage decisions “are not well understood.” “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we…

If you don’t take sleep too seriously you might want to have a look at this terrifying 3D illustration of the holistic impact that a lack of sleep has on our health The first defined image of a sleep zombie can be revealed by your Daily Star today and it is utterly terrifying. It shows what knackered…

The Great Rift Valley in Africa is undergoing a process that could split the continent in two. A geological phenomenon is occurring in the heart of East Africa that could forever alter the Earth’s map. A new ocean is in the process of forming, a consequence of tectonic movements that are splitting the African continent. This event,…

Tim Cook is scheduled to meet on Friday with Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, marking the first time that Apple’s chief executive has met with the president-elect since voters elected him to a second term last month. Mr. Cook and Mr. Trump are scheduled to dine on the patio at Mar-a-Lago later on Friday, according to two…

On a painted wall outside Damascus’s Mustahed Hospital are photographs of the faces of dead men. A constantly changing crowd of people examine them, squinting against the low winter sun at men who look as if they died in great pain. Noses, mouths and eye sockets are twisted, damaged and squashed. Their bodies are in the hospital,…

Australia’s government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021, which was designed to make giants like Meta and Google pay for hosting news on their platforms. Earlier this year Meta –…

The market for GLP-1 weight loss drugs could exceed $100 billion by 2030, analysts say Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent critic of the food and pharmaceutical industries, discussed his views regarding GLP-1 weight loss drugs in a televised broadcast. Kennedy, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services…

Donald Trump once publicly speculated that Time would never name him the news magazine’s “Person of the Year.” Now, the honor has been bestowed on him twice. Time on Thursday named Trump as this year’s choice, recognizing the president-elect as the individual or group deemed to have wielded the greatest influence on global affairs “for good or…

Journalist John Cantlie was abducted in 2012 in Syria by ISIS, but he still hasn’t been found, despite the British government previously claiming he is alive in 2019. As rebels set about freeing those imprisoned by the reposed Assad regime, more missing people are being found. Earlier on Wednesday, a man who said he was locked up…

Marcus Fakana, from north London, has been sentenced to a year in prison in relation to the holiday romance. It is illegal to have sex with a person under 18 years of age in Dubai. An 18-year-old British man, who was sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl,…

The president-elect spoke to Time last month in a wide-ranging interview about securing peace deals, insisting the Middle East “is going to get solved” and Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles is “just escalating this war and making it worse”. Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person Of The Year. The US president-elect beat a number of…

Police previously said Tom Voyce, 43, had tried to cross a flood-swollen river in Northumberland when his car was pulled along with the current during Storm Darragh. A body has been found in the search for former England rugby player Tom Voyce. He went missing on Saturday while attempting to drive across a flood-swollen river in Northumberland.…

Meanwhile, the Queen enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon at Clarence House – where a surprise visitor handed out presents to children. Apple boss Tim Cook rolled out the red carpet for the King at the tech company’s London headquarters today – while the Queen welcomed special guests to Clarence House for an afternoon of festive fun. The King…

Lawyer Thomas Giuffra, who is representing the men, said the way Combs allegedly went after them was “very consistent”. His legal team argues the complaints are “full of lies”. Three men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of plying them with drinks laced with drugs, then raping them while they were unconscious. The separate lawsuits, seen by Sky’s…

Travis Timmerman says he was detained by a border guard in late May after crossing the mountains into Syria on a religious pilgrimage. A US man who says he was locked up after crossing into Syria by foot seven months ago has been found safe after rebels liberated the country. There was hope it could be missing…

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when this mixing occurred – with…

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said on Friday the best way to restore order in the country is to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day ahead of a planned parliamentary vote over Yoon’s short-lived imposition of martial law. Yoon’s move to impose military rule on Dec. 3 was rescinded before six hours but it plunged…

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long prison terms. The moves come over a week after the president signed an unconditional pardon for his son Hunter. Officials said last week that the White House…

Most recipients, 96%, were older adults with a median age of 77 An annual report by the Canadian government showed that deaths by euthanasia have steadily grown since it became legal. Since the establishment of Canada’s Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) law in 2016, more than 60,000 people have used euthanasia to die. Euthanasia accounted for 15,343…

Nearly half of US teens are “almost constantly” online, though the platforms they spend their time on vary significantly, according to a new Pew survey. Despite some variety in their overall online habits, virtually all teenagers use YouTube. Of the 1,391 teenagers polled by the Pew Research Center, 90 percent said they use the site, a slight…

The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone. Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him the first person ever to cross that mark. Behind his nearly $20 billion jump in wealth was a deal that shot up Musk’s rocket company SpaceX’s valuation to roughly $350 billion, Bloomberg…

Expect big M&A moves in the media-telecom sector, a closely-watched forecast from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says. If the prevailing wisdom among media executives the last several years was “it’s not worth trying to buy our rival, or scale up with a bolt-on acquisition, because it’ll get tangled up in red tape government reviews” then, post-Election Day, the…

A congressman says it’s Iran. Former officials believe it’s Chinese drones. The Free Press investigates the mysterious sightings. For the past four weeks, car-sized objects have been reported flying over critical infrastructure and military assets in New Jersey. They come from the ocean, appearing around sunset, and sometimes turn off their lights. Residents demand answers, but despite…

Nearly one billion people world wide – around 24% of all those aged below 50 – have an incurable STI, with experts warning that nobody appears to have a plan to deal with it A whopping 900 million people have an incurable STI, a new study claims. According to a team led by epidemiologist Manale Harfouche from…

Did you know there has been a hidden epidemic sweeping the world? A new study finds nearly a billion people are dealing with a painful and socially traumatizing infection that has no cure. More than one in five people between the ages of 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes — a staggering statistic that reveals…

In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime. In New York, “Wanted” posters with the faces of CEOs have appeared on walls. Websites…

More than 20 price comparison websites across Europe on Wednesday criticised Google’s proposed changes to its search results, saying they still fail to comply with EU tech rules and urged regulators to impose charges against the Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab unit. Google has been discussing with the comparison sites, hotels, airlines, restaurants and retailers for more…

RIYADH, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Rights organisations strongly criticised FIFA on Wednesday after world soccer’s ruling body officially awarded the 2034 men’s World Cup to Saudi Arabia. Hosting the global showpiece tournament is the pinnacle of Saudi Arabia’s massive push into sports and entertainment over recent years as it seeks to improve its international image. “FIFA’s reckless…

The New Zealand government on Tuesday proposed to ban greyhound racing from 2026, saying the percentage of dogs injured in races remained significantly high. New Zealand’s greyhound racing industry has long faced criticism for not doing enough to protect the welfare of the animals, with three reviews on the industry over the past decade all recommending major…

New UFO sighting conspiracies in New Jersey has perked NFL star Aaron Rodgers’ curiosity nearly two decades on from an experience in the same State. Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are out of NFL playoff contention, and the future Hall of Famer has become curious about New Jersey’s latest phenomenon: Aliens. Mysterious, drone-like objects have…

The fugitive Syrian dictator is believed to be in Moscow with his wife and three children, and is said to have more than $2 billion in assets; Meanwhile, Asma Assad battles cancer for the second time A day and a half after the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Russia still refuses to provide information on…

A green trucker jacket similar to that of alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione has reportedly surged in sales as the internet frenzy over his looks continues. According to Complex, the sherpa-lined, hooded jacket from Levi’s, which rings in at $225, is flying off the shelves after a Reddit user speculated it was the same coat worn…

John Wick, Robin Hood and the Gotham City Joker — Luigi Mangione has inspired many comparisons since United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York City. Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was dramatically captured after five days on the run near a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 300 miles west from the midtown Manhattan…

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun…

Vandals torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans including an apparently misspelled “Kill Israiel” on Wednesday in a Sydney suburb that is home to Australia’s largest Jewish community. Officials condemned the attack as antisemitic. The incident in the eastern suburb of Woollahra came after federal police this week established a task force to investigate increasing…

Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, the sheriff’s department said. The “stubborn fire” is 0% contained and has drawn some 1,500 firefighters, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony C. Marrone…

This was a remarkable day for Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu holds the record as its longest-serving prime minister. Now he has become the country’s first serving leader to take to the witness stand as a defendant in a criminal case. Moreover, he did so amid ongoing war in Gaza and as Israel carries out attacks in Syria during…

If the push to oust Bashar al-Assad was born anywhere, it was born in Deraa, a small city in Syria near the Jordanian border. Here, on 21 May 2011, the tortured and mutilated body of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib was delivered to his family weeks after his arrest at an anti-government rally. His death, and the torture of…

For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria’s political debacle, seeing no viable partner. Islamist rebels’ toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad has forced a change of tune — and a debate over just what US interests are. Donald Trump, who returns to the White House in little more than a…

Charities and their founders have offered their thanks as more than 2,000 people took part in a gift wrapping event for charities. Ex-PM Gordon Brown said the organisers, Sky Cares, were “making a real difference”, while The King’s Trust praised its “meaningful impact”. A new world record has been set for the most people wrapping presents simultaneously…

Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 after the MTV Video Music Awards, allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Both men deny the allegations. Jay-Z has asked for the identity of a woman who has accused him of raping her when she was 13 to be revealed, or for the case to be…

Following his arrest after a five-day manhunt, the suspect in the murder of Brian Thompson in Manhattan intends to fight his extradition from Pennsylvania to New York to face trial. The alleged killer of a US health insurance boss has tussled with police officers as they were escorting him to court. Luigi Mangione, in handcuffs, shouted to…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies. Netanyahu, 75, is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. He is testifying at the same time Israel is engaged in a war…

Veteran South Korean broadcaster Kim Ou-joon said he left home and went into hiding minutes after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law last week in a televised announcement. Fearing for his life after being tipped off that he was in danger, Kim said he kept a low profile for 36 hours in a place “far away”,…

Pope Francis is preparing to unbrick and open five ‘sacred portals’ symbolising the doorway to salvation. The doors have not been opened for 25 years, since the turn of the Millennium, so may well be a little rusty. This year, for the first time, one of the doors will be opened in a prison, as a ‘sign…

Whenever I browse social media, I see advice and products for self-improvement — a deluge of elusive promises tethered to consumer goods. How to look more angular or more toned, feel more energized, age backward. Capitalism and modern technology have mixed to create an internet world where users are transformed into brands. As a filmmaker, I’m drawn…

CEO assassin suspect Luigi Mangione risked it all to have a hash brown at McDonald’s before being caught by cops. Mangione, 26, spent five days on the run but was eventually caught out by a rookie cop as he sat in the fast-food giant store. Mangione managed to flee 280 miles from the scene of the crime…

THE college graduate charged with the murder of a top CEO may have turned “absolutely crazy” after an agonizing back surgery, claim pals. X-ray pictures posted by suspected assassin Luigi Mangione on social media show he suffered from a misaligned spine, which was reportedly made severely worse following a surfing accident. Those looking into the 26-year-old murder…

After 149 shows spanning five continents over 21 months, Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” officially wrapped up in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, capping a cultural phenomenon that broke records and boosted economies around the globe. The Eras Tour, which kicked off in March 2023, raked in more than $2 billion according to a New York Times report,…

The fall of Syria’s Assad regime has led to the discovery of the notorious Saydnaya prison, where thousands suffered torture and executions. Families of the disappeared gathered outside, hoping to reunite with loved ones. Hours after insurgents swept across Syria to bring an end to the Assad family’s 50-year rule, hundreds of prisoners spilt out of Assad’s…

Taylor Swift thanked her fans for making the Eras Tour “the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging” experience of her life, as she played the closing show in Vancouver on Sunday. Prior to playing All Too Well, Swift told the audience in Canada that she had been “touring since I was 15 years old”, but the…

Haiti’s officials insist they will “mobilise all forces to track down and annihilate” those responsible for the attacks, which targeted elderly people. Around 180 mostly elderly people have been killed in Haiti after they were reportedly suspected of witchcraft. Gang leader Monel “Mikano” Felix ordered the massacre in Cite Soleil – a densely populated slum in the…

Rupert Murdoch has lost a bid to change his family trust to consolidate control of his media empire in the hands of his son Lachlan, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a sealed court document. Nevada commissioner Edmund Gorman concluded in a decision filed on Saturday that Rupert Murdoch and his eldest son, Lachlan, who…

CHINA has unveiled unbreakable, spherical robo-cops which have been seen rolling around cities – ready to catch criminals. The AI-powered bot beasts are capable of not only stopping crime, but somehow detecting it too. Chinese robotics company Logon Technology unveiled the RT-G autonomous spherical robot in a “technological breakthrough” the other month. And despite people believing it…

“Emilia Pérez” has a lot more to sing and dance about, raking in 10 nominations at Monday’s 2025 Golden Globe Awards nominations. Jacques Audiard’s charming drug cartel musical, acquired by Netflix out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, scored the most nods out of any feature film contender. It’s up for best motion picture – musical or…

Billie Fusto is not after a fat pay cheque: he is training to be an archivist and wants nothing more than “a quiet life” at home in Italy. But like tens of thousands of other young Italian graduates, the 24-year-old fears he has little choice but to emigrate. More than a million Italians have left in the…

To address Japan’s record-low fertility rate and support working mothers, Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for its employees starting next year. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will implement a four-day workweek for its employees starting in April 2025, offering them three-day weekends and more family-friendly options, as reported by the Japan Times. With Japan’s fertility rate plummeting…

Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been executed after being imprisoned for seven months. But he soon realized the men at the door weren’t from former Syrian President Bashar Assad ’s notorious security…

Syria’s prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were back at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt.” Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighboring…

THE suspect in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was a well-educated, popular student-athlete who finished at the top of his high school class, a former classmate told The U.S. Sun. Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles west of the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan where healthcare exec Brian Thompson was gunned…

Pantone announces its eagerly awaited Color of the Year 2025: PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, a soft brown shade that embodies the warmth and indulgence of the simple pleasures in life. Inspired by the textures of cacao, chocolate, and coffee, this progression from last year’s Peach Fuzz signals an evolution in the wish for comfort, moving into a…

Rhonda James was skeptical when her husband ordered a weighted blanket for her online. But five minutes after she wrapped it around her body, she zonked out. “It felt like a really big hug,” said James, a banker in Charleston, South Carolina. As outside temperatures grow chilly, weighted blankets can be a popular choice to warm up.…

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. As he entered Damascus behind his victorious fighters Sunday, he even dropped his nom de guerre and referred to…

Kylian Mbappe has promised he remains committed to playing for France despite being left out of their last two squads. The 25-year-old Real Madrid forward has 86 caps for France, helped them win the World Cup in 2018 and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final defeat by Argentina. He is also their captain, yet Mbappe was…

Not long after buying and publicly consuming a $6.2m banana as part of an artworld stunt, Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun made another eye-catching purchase, investing $30m ($23.5m) into a cryptocurrency firm called World Liberty Financial. The company had foundered since its October launch, investors seemingly leery of its prospects and its terms. But it boasted a…

“The forest is our supermarket,” says Anstice Justin. “We get almost everything from the forests on these islands. It is what we survive on.” Mr Justin, an anthropologist, has grown up in the Andaman and Nicobar islands straddling India’s east coast. A federally-administered territory, the ecologically-fragile region consists 836 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The…

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences…

Bashar al Assad was not meant to be president, but a twist of fate forced the former eye doctor – and his London-raised wife – to head back to Syria to continue a family dynasty. Bashar al Assad’s downfall marks an end to more than half a century of family rule, as rebel forces turned the tide…

One driver allegedly told Doe he worked for Combs and she “fit what Diddy was looking for”. The driver later picked her up, the lawsuit says, and after 20 minutes she was dropped off at a white house with a u-shaped driveway. Rapper Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after the MTV Video Music…

President Bashar al Assad left office on Sunday after his government fell following a lightning offensive. As he fled, Syrians celebrated in the streets and ransacked presidential residences. Syria’s ousted President Bashar al Assad has arrived in Moscow, Russian state media has confirmed. Mr Assad and members of his family arrived in the Russian capital on Sunday,…